Archive for August 12th 2012

More than 200 firefighters are tackling a blaze described by London Fire Brigade as the biggest seen in the capital for several years.
The brigade was called on Sunday afternoon, when flames took hold at a recycling centre in Dagenham, east London.
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Emergency services are attempting to free a teenager trapped in a sand dune on the Northumberland coast.
The 14-year-old is reported to be buried up to his head at Budle Point, near Bamburgh.
A specialist fire service team is on its way to the scene,...

A biplane has crash landed in a field in Denbighshire, according to North Wales Fire and Rescue Service.
The 1930s-design Tiger Moth came down on land in the village of Maeshafn, near Mold, on Sunday afternoon.
Fire crews reported that the pilot was ...

More than 200 firefighters are tackling a blaze described by London Fire Brigade as the biggest seen in the capital for several years.
The brigade was called at about 13:15 BST when flames took hold at a recycling centre in Dagenham, east London.
The...

A fire which destroyed an Aberdeen garage is being treated by police as "unexplained".
About 45 firefighters were involved in tackling the blaze at Gordon's Garage in Pittodrie Place at 03:50.
Insp Christine Gordon said: "This was a substantial fire ...

A 57-year-old man has died after a blaze at Derbyshire flat which fire crews said "followed an explosion".
Firefighters responded to reports of a person trapped in the building on Queen Street, Long Eaton, at about 22:00 BST on Saturday.
Derbyshire F...

A 15-year-old boy has lost the sight in his right eye after a railway detonator was thrown on to a fire and exploded.
Police said detonators - which are used as fog signals - were taken from a depot in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, and put on to a bonfire at ...

A block of flats in Wolverhampton has been evacuated after a fire.
West Midlands Fire Service said 40 firefighters were called to the blaze at the three-story building on Willenhall Road on Saturday. Crews worked overnight to put it out.
Engineers ha...

A woman who died following a house fire in Oxfordshire has been named as Intombizodwa Hove.
Ms Hove, 30, was found after the fire in an upstairs room at a house in Spey Road, Abingdon on Friday morning.
She was taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital, b...

Spanish firefighting teams in the Canary Islands are struggling anew to contain forest fires said to have forced some 4,700 people from their homes.
On the island of Tenerife, the blaze has cut road links and power lines.
On the neighbouring island o...